John Gill's Exposition on Joel 2:29

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour my Spirit.] Men servants and maidservants should partake of the gifts and grace of the Spirit in great, abundance; and many of them were effectually called by grace, through the ministry of the word; and some servants became ministers of it; all which appears from (<460721>1 Corinthians 7:21,22 <540601>1 Timothy 6:1,2 <570110>Philemon 1:10,11,16); for that is not true what the Jews F62 say, the Shechinah or divine Majesty does not rest but upon a wise man, and one mighty and rich; or prophecy, as Maimonides F63 has it.

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